[Commercial] Guards of Traitor's Toll

[Dean]

The pre-order is now live from Grey for Now games - https://greyfornow.com/collections/guards-of-traitors-toll

You can also find there a free PDF overview of the game.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Cool.

[Elbows]

While I'm not terribly interested in the game, I'm definitely going to snag the plastics.  Great minis for so many games.

[tjgreenway]

Will the rulebook and cards etc be available separately at some point? Definitely interested in the game, but I already have a bunch of old school figures that will work perfectly.

[Dean]

Yes indeed, as with the other Grey for Now games, you can expect those options when the product starts selling normally, Graham said so on Facebook yesterday, but I get people not using Facebook hence figured I'd post something here as well.

[Battle Brush Sigur]

Ordered. I had sworn off getting new fantasy skirmish rules, but passive peer pressure and a flu-weakened state wore me down. No, really good to see that gaming coming along; looking forward to it!

[Dean]

I hope you like it, it's such a different feel to the traditional "put two sides on a table and have a fight", it plays great as a solo or PvP.  Trying not to oversell as I'm kind of biased at this point given I put so much work in I ended up with a name check, but will be really interested in how you feel about it when you get the PDF, hopefull later this month.

[gibby64]

Backed this to the FULL extent... love everything about it.

[khrab]

@Dean,
Upon reading the PDF overview, I'm still pondering whether the game is for me or not.
How would you characterize its gameplay: is it more of a tactical game, where player decisions will matter the most toward victory, or more of an emergent narrative game, where luck will play an important part?
Between plot cards draw, randomized activation, unpredictable NPCs and objectives, and randomized movement restrictions, it seems the latter would be a more faithful depiction of the game, but I'd love to hear your take on this and how the gameplay actually feels.

Thanks!

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Interesting idea, now trying to decide whether to order the figures from North Star, or wait until Salute and buy the game (and no, I am not - currently  -going to do both, I am not suffering from the 'flu).

[Dean]

@Dean,
Upon reading the PDF overview, I'm still pondering whether the game is for me or not.
How would you characterize its gameplay: is it more of a tactical game, where player decisions will matter the most toward victory, or more of an emergent narrative game, where luck will play an important part?
Between plot cards draw, randomized activation, unpredictable NPCs and objectives, and randomized movement restrictions, it seems the latter would be a more faithful depiction of the game, but I'd love to hear your take on this and how the gameplay actually feels.

Thanks!

Great question mate.  Bearing in mind that I have been playing it solo, and multiplayer is a little more competitive (player at the end with the most gold, offset by the amount of ‘discontent’ gained wins), I would say its all about the tactics.  The plot cards are just to keep the games different each time, the activations play into your tactics, and even the luck from the special dice just make you need to think more tactically.  The linked missions do have a narrative, but it is all built in, nothing you need to do for yourself until (and if) you want to create your own missions.

I personally like being in control of the ‘suspects’ and play them ‘realistically’ rather than just moving them in the best way to help me ‘win’, but you can play either way.  I’ve played all the missions and they all have a different feel, and by linking them and playing the same squad throughout you get a very nice campaign style.  So all in all there’s a lot of gameplay to be had.

Again though, bear in mind I am not an unbiased judge on this one.

[Rabbitz]

How long will pre-orders be going for?   I’m looking to jump on board, but moving house at the beginning of March.   
I am pretty sure that they won’t ship out before then, but I’ve been wrong before… more than once. 

[Elbows]

Ship it to a mate's house!

I have been shipping Kickstarters to my folks house for as long as I've been buying KS.  They're retired and not moving...and we know how bad KS can be delayed, so I gave up trying to worry about where I was living.    Gives me an excuse to swing by and see them, right?

[Dean]

It’s not really a kickstarter and as you know Wargames Atlantic have already made the figures.  Expected to start shipping by the end of March, not early March.  Pre-orders include the PDF version of the rulebook being sent to you in February.

[Dean]

PDF of rulebook now available.

https://greyfornow.com/collections/guards-of-traitors-toll-digital-rulebooks

It is free if you pre-order the physical game (you will be emailed a discount code).

Full game should start shipping around the end of March.